Maine visits UMBC following Armstrong’s 31-point showing

Maine Black Bears (2-14, 0-1 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (7-6)

Baltimore; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC hosts Maine after DJ Armstrong scored 31 points in UMBC’s 93-59 victory against the Coppin State Eagles.

The Retrievers have gone 4-2 in home games. UMBC has a 2-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Black Bears are 0-1 in America East play. Maine is eighth in the America East with 6.8 offensive rebounds per game led by TJ Biel averaging 1.4.

UMBC scores 75.2 points, 5.8 more per game than the 69.4 Maine allows. Maine averages 5.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.8 fewer makes per game than UMBC allows.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Armstrong averages 3.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Retrievers, scoring 13.0 points while shooting 42.9% from beyond the arc. Jah’likai King is shooting 44.0% and averaging 13.8 points over the past 10 games.

Biel is scoring 11.1 points per game and averaging 4.8 rebounds for the Black Bears. Logan Carey is averaging 10.4 points and 3.4 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Retrievers: 5-5, averaging 75.1 points, 33.2 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 4.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.3 points per game.

Black Bears: 2-8, averaging 62.3 points, 26.2 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 8.5 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.0 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.